A giant purple globe of Allium is blooming, early Epimedium is full, and Polygonatum (Solomon’s seal) is going strong. (Photo credit Chris Eirschele)
My dad would say that it takes a good three years for gardens to grow into themselves. To stay gardening is to take one’s time and after each season stand back and observe, and take [...]

The Lansdale Farmers’ Market in eastern Pennsylvania. (Photo credit Chris Eirschele)
The Lansdale Farmers’ Market located west of Philadelphia is held each Saturday, spring through late fall. The small borough market is a bevy of locally grown foods and flowers, and products made from them. For sights and sounds, and inspiration, [...]

First, the long stretch of Yews had to come out. (Photo credit Chris Eirschele.)
What first happened: Shortly after moving to Lansdale, Pennsylvania, I learned Silk Factory Lofts would be sponsoring a community garden in an interior section of its patio garden. Happy news for this gardener new to apartment dwelling. There is no doubt, communi [...]

Colorful rows of possibly new flowering plants in the Trial Garden’s greenhouse at Boerner Botanical Gardens in 2015. (Photo credit Chris Eirschele)
Jessica Cloninger’s enthusiasm for the Trial Garden she manages at Boerner Botanical Gardens was infectious. On the day I first met her in 2015, we went on foot and by golf cart to see the [...]